How common is the surname Petrosky?

2,960 people in the United States had the surname Petrosky in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,306 Americans. It ranked 10,777th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Petrosky?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Petrosky identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Petrosky getting more or less common?

More common. 2,956 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,960 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Petrosky

A surname, carried by 2,960 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P362

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Petrosky is more common than 93.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,960 people named Petrosky in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 104,306 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,956.

#10,777

rank among US surnames

2,960

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #10,059)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,769	Collinsworth	2,962	104,235
#10,772	Baranowski	2,961	104,271
#10,777	Petrosky	2,960	104,306
#10,779	Collin	2,959	104,341
#10,782	Lama	2,958	104,376

Who is named Petrosky

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Petrosky identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Petrosky

Petrosky has the Soundex code P362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P362.

Questions

How common is the surname Petrosky?: 2,960 people in the United States had the surname Petrosky in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 104,306 Americans. It ranked 10,777th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Petrosky?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Petrosky identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Petrosky getting more or less common?: More common. 2,956 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,960 in 2010, up 0.1%.